Blogging worries European Parliament
How sad. When the European Parliament discusses blogging, they approach it like this:
Major concerns were the accountability of "bloggers" and the protection of privacy - or rather the lack of both.Now, some speakers (mainly journalists) also could see the benefits. Or, well, sort of...
Nevertheless, it was generally felt that weblogs could be a useful complement to traditional journalism, as they allowed journalists, or others for that matter, to write about issues which would otherwise never be published, provided that a weblog is used intelligently.Intelligently? Maybe it's just me, but that choice of word is offending. It may not say it directly but it sure indicates that public writing is an activity for some kind of intelligent class, and that others should stay out of it.
I wonder if I'm intelligent? Can I continue writing or will a mob of EP members/intelligent journalists chase me down a dark alley some day...?
Link via Erik.